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The following is a list of Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football seasons for the football team that has represented University of Louisiana at Lafayette in NCAA competition. [1] [2]
| Season | Conference | Wins | Losses | Ties | Postseason Results | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Ragin Cajuns | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Sun Belt | 6 | 7 | Lost New Orleans Bowl 34-31 (OT) vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks | ||||||
| 2022 | Sun Belt | 6 | 7 | Lost Independence Bowl 23-16 vs. Houston Cougars | ||||||
| 2021 | Sun Belt | 13 | 1 | Won New Orleans Bowl 36-21 vs. Marshall Thundering Herd | Won Sun Belt championship game 24-16 against Appalachian State; ended season No. 16 in AP Poll, No. 18 in coaches' poll, No. 23 in College Football Playoff rankings | |||||
| 2020 | Sun Belt | 10 | 1 | Won First Responder Bowl 31-24 vs. UTSA Roadrunners | Sun Belt co-champions; conference championship game against Coastal Carolina canceled due to a Coastal Carolina player's positive COVID-19 test; ended season No. 15 in AP Poll, No. 17 in coaches' poll, No. 19 in College Football Playoff rankings | |||||
| 2019 | Sun Belt | 11 | 3 | Won LendingTree Bowl 27-17 vs. Miami RedHawks | Sun Belt West Division champions; lost Sun Belt championship game 45–38 to Appalachian State | |||||
| 2018 | Sun Belt | 7 | 7 | Lost Cure Bowl 41-24 vs. Tulane Green Wave | Sun Belt West Division champions; lost Sun Belt inaugural championship game 30–19 to Appalachian State | |||||
| 2017 | Sun Belt | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| 2016 | Sun Belt | 6 | 7 | Lost New Orleans Bowl 28-21 vs. Southern Miss | ||||||
| 2015 | Sun Belt | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 2014 | Sun Belt | 7 | 4 | Won New Orleans Bowl 16–3 over Nevada | Vacated 2 wins | |||||
| 2013 | Sun Belt | 1 | 4 | Vacated 2013 New Orleans Bowl | Vacated 8 wins; Co-Championship | |||||
| 2012 | Sun Belt | 5 | 4 | Won New Orleans Bowl 43–34 over East Carolina | Vacated 4 wins | |||||
| 2011 | Sun Belt | 1 | 4 | Vacated 2011 New Orleans Bowl | Vacated 8 wins [3] | |||||
| 2010 | Sun Belt | 3 | 9 | |||||||
| 2009 | Sun Belt | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| 2008 | Sun Belt | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| 2007 | Sun Belt | 3 | 9 | |||||||
| 2006 | Sun Belt | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| 2005 | Sun Belt | 6 | 5 | Sun-Belt Conference Co-Champions | ||||||
| 2004 | Sun Belt | 4 | 7 | |||||||
| 2003 | Sun Belt | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 2002 | Sun Belt | 3 | 9 | |||||||
| 2001 | Sun Belt | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| 2000 | Independent | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| 1999 | Independent | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| 1998 | Independent | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| 1997 | Independent | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| 1996 | Independent | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 1995 | Big West | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| 1994 | Big West | 6 | 5 | Big West Conference co-champions | ||||||
| 1993 | Big West | 8 | 3 | Big West Conference co-champions | ||||||
| 1992 | Independent | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| 1991 | Independent | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| 1990 | Independent | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 1989 | Independent | 7 | 4 | |||||||
| 1988 | Independent | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| 1987 | Independent | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| 1986 | Independent | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| 1985 | Independent | 4 | 7 | |||||||
| 1984 | Independent | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| 1983 | Independent | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| 1982 | Independent | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1981 | Southland | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| 1980 | Southland | 7 | 4 | |||||||
| 1979 | Southland | 4 | 7 | |||||||
| 1978 | Southland | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| 1977 | Southland | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 1976 | Southland | 9 | 2 | |||||||
| 1975 | Southland | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| 1974 | Southland | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| 1973 | Southland | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| 1972 | Southland | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 1971 | Southland | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 1970 | Gulf States | 9 | 3 | Lost Grantland Rice Bowl 26–25 | ||||||
| 1969 | Gulf States | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| 1968 | Gulf States | 8 | 2 | |||||||
| 1967 | Gulf States | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| 1966 | Gulf States | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| 1965 | Gulf States | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| 1964 | Gulf States | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 1963 | Gulf States | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 1962 | Gulf States | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 1961 | Gulf States | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 1960 | Gulf States | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| 1959 | Gulf States | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 1958 | Gulf States | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| 1957 | Gulf States | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 1956 | Gulf States | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| 1955 | Gulf States | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 1954 | Gulf States | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 1953 | Gulf States | 4 | 7 | |||||||
| 1952 | Gulf States | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1951 | Gulf States | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| 1950 | Gulf States | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 1949 | Gulf States | 6 | 3 | |||||||
| 1948 | Gulf States | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1947 | Independent | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| 1946 | Independent | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| 1945 | Independent | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 1944 | Independent | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 1943 | Independent | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1942 | Independent | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 1941 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1940 | Independent | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1939 | Independent | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 1938 | Independent | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1937 | Independent | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1936 | Independent | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 1935 | Independent | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 1934 | Independent | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 1933 | Independent | 6 | 3 | |||||||
| 1932 | Independent | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 1931 | Independent | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 1930 | Independent | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 1929 | Independent | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 1928 | Independent | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 1927 | Independent | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 1926 | Independent | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1925 | Independent | 7 | 2 | |||||||
| 1924 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1923 | Independent | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| 1922 | Independent | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 1921 | Independent | 9 | 2 | |||||||
| 1920 | Independent | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 1919 | Independent | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 1918 | Independent | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 1917 | Independent | 8 | 2 | |||||||
| 1916 | Independent | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| 1915 | Independent | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1914 | Independent | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| 1913 | Independent | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| 1912 | Independent | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 1911 | Independent | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 1910 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1909 | Independent | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1908 | Independent | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 1907 | Independent | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 1906 | Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1905 | Independent | Season canceled by a yellow fever outbreak. | ||||||||
| 1904 | Independent | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1903 | Independent | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 1902 | Independent | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 1901 | Independent | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 557 | 570 | 34 | (1901–2022) | ||||||
The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns are the athletic teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The college has been competing athletically since 1901. The Ragin' Cajuns compete in NCAA Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams.
The Battle on the Bayou is the name given to the college football rivalry between the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks. They are both NCAA Division I FBS members of the Sun Belt Conference and coincide under the University of Louisiana System.
The Sabine Shoe is the name of the bronze shoe trophy that was awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana and the Lamar Cardinals of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. The Sabine Shoe trophy was first awarded in 1968 by the University of Southwestern Louisiana's chapter of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. The name of the bronze rivalry trophy was derived from the Sabine River that forms part of the Texas–Louisiana border. USL defeated Lamar in the 1978 edition of the rivalry game, but the Ragin' Cajuns were not awarded the trophy as it had vanished. The Sabine Shoe trophy now sits in at trophy case in the Ragin' Cajun Athletic Complex in Lafayette.
The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. Since 1971, the team has played its home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. Michael Desormeaux has served as Louisiana's head coach since 2021.
The 2020 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Billy Napier. The Cajuns began the season with an away matchup against a preseason top-25 Iowa State and concluded their regular season at conference and in-state rival Louisiana–Monroe.
The 2003 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by second-year head coach Rickey Bustle and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The 2002 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by first-year head coach Rickey Bustle played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The 2000 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as an independent in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jerry Baldwin and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The 2001 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jerry Baldwin played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The 1999 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as an independent the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by first-year head coach Jerry Baldwin and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The 1983 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Sam Robertson, the team compiled a 4–6 record.
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The 1990 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Nelson Stokley, the team compiled a 5–6 record.
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The 1993 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana in the Big West Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth year under head coach Nelson Stokley, the team compiled an 8–3 record and as Big West co-champion.
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The 1997 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana as an independent during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their twelfth year under head coach Nelson Stokley, the team compiled a 1–10 record.
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